Investment Fund

SUNY Investment & Performance Fund

As outlined in the 2015 State of the University Address, there is a strong need for enhanced student supports and services as evidenced by the data; for every 100 ninth graders in New York, on average only 23 will complete a college degree on time or close to on time. In August 2015, The State University of New York received 211 proposals requesting a total of $464M from across the SUNY system for a first of its kind funding opportunity to scale campus practices and interventions that are proven to increase student access, completion, and success rates. Beginning with $18M in available funding, SUNY pooled additional resources to increase the impact of this unique opportunity. The result was a $100M Expanded Investment and Performance Fund.

Investment Fund Awards by Region:

Capital Region

University at Albany will receive $1.5 million to create the Advantage Program to enhance advising by providing faculty and staff with the tools they need to conduct early outreach and intervention for students in academic distress.

University at Albany will receive $158,000 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

The University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University will receive $1 million ($250,000 each) to build common student learning outcomes and assessments to increase completion in high demand/high impact gateway undergraduate courses.

Empire State College will receive $400,000 to create a Bachelor's of Science in Health Sciences, drawing on fields that span the healthcare professions.

Central New York

SUNY Cortland will receive $1 million to scale up the Sharing Technology and Academic Resources-NY Consortium (STAR-NY), a real-time, online tutoring service that is free to students. STAR-NY includes 14 SUNY schools sharing resources and expertise.

SUNY Cortland will receive $240,000 to work with Tompkins Cortland Community College and SUNY Broome Community College to support the transfer path from a two-year to four-year baccalaureate program.

SUNY ESF will receive $190,000 to support new online-enabled STEM-focused programs that will increase overall enrollment and credentialing.

SUNY Morrisville will receive $241,000 to support a partnership with a community college to provide a pathway for students, upon completion of a specified Information Technology-related associate degree at the community college, they can seamlessly continue their coursework to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology through the college, without the need to travel to the college or to complete an additional application process to the college (with Mohawk Valley Community College).

SUNY Oswego and Jefferson Community College will receive $275,000 to support the Start Now program, where students from low-income areas who do not meet freshman admission criteria can enroll in community college and receive various supports from the four-year campus, including a student mentor.

Upstate Medical University will receive $650,000 in EIP funds, in addition to a previously announced award of $575,000, to establish the SUNY Institute for Precision Cancer Research, Education, and Care (IPCREC). SUNY Upstate will collaborate with campuses throughout SUNY as the Institute is developed.

Upstate Medical University will receive $575,000 to establish the SUNY Institute for Precision Cancer Research, Education and Care (IPCREC), which will fuse a patient's personal data to the cancer treatments in the clinic. Partnering campuses include: SUNY Oswego, Onondaga Community College, and SUNY ESF

Finger Lakes

SUNY College at Brockport will receive $600,000 to support the creation of an Academic Success Center at the college that will support student retention and completion.

SUNY College at Brockport will receive $200,000 to support an ongoing initiative to identify former students of the college and provide them with new information and access to help them finish their degree.

SUNY College at Brockport and Monroe Community College will receive $600,000 to work with the Rochester EOC to facilitate degree completion among at-risk students in the region.

SUNY College at Brockport will receive $100,000 to launch its first Master of Business Administration program as early as fall 2016.

SUNY College at Brockport will receive $1.5 million to purchase and implement of an e-procurement platform. This program would reduce total cost of ownership of procured goods through process standardization, improved compliance, and strategic source savings. The campus will be working in collaboration with nine other SUNY institutions.

Finger Lakes Community College will receive $63,750 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

SUNY Geneseo will receive $249,000 in EIP funds to support a cluster hire of up to five new faculty members in integrative computational analysis.

SUNY Geneseo and Monroe Community College will receive $275,000 to transform their existing Honors program into Honors Transfer Path and enhance services for students.

SUNY Geneseo will receive $200,000 for supplies, equipment, and training associated with the creation of a Critical Language Consortium.

Long Island

Farmingdale State College will receive $1.3 million to launch “Students First & Foremost,” which will accelerate student success rates using a 4π approach: Pickup Tutoring, Pilot Mentoring, Pipeline Advising, and Pivotal Learning.

SUNY Old Westbury will receive $500,000 to support the creation of a digital campus that will use technology to construct digital curricula, transform teaching and learning approaches, build active learning spaces, and automate student-centered business processes.

Stony Brook University will receive $650,000 in EIP funds to create a Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS); $650,000 in EIP funds to establish an extreme-scale computing program; and $650,000 in EIP funds to recruit a master innovator in experimental Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics and establish a Center for Ultra-Fast Spectroscopy and Dynamics.

Stony Brook University will receive $1.75 million to support its goal of increasing the four-year graduation rate for entering freshman by 60 percent by 2020, including an extension of a pilot Finish in Four program that demonstrated 100 percent success in the first year.

Stony Brook University will receive $350,000 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

Stony Brook University will receive $280,000 to create a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program with concentration in Innovation that builds on the foundation of the campus’s on-line education expertise to expand to a high demand area and fill a missing specialization in the OPEN SUNY MBA program.

The University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University will receive $1 million ($250,000 each) to build common student learning outcomes and assessments to increase completion in high demand/high impact gateway undergraduate courses.

Mohawk Valley

SUNY Cobleskill will receive $110,000 to train faculty and purchase supplies in order to expand the College in High School/Home School program.

SUNY Cobleskill will receive $70,000 to support the development of a Farm and Food Entrepreneurship certificate program and Farm to Plate Camp, a summer program for k-12 students. The SUNY College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University will partner.

SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Cobleskill will receive $350,000 for a “Making Cents” financial literacy program that help students develop a strong understanding of personal financial management concepts.

SUNY Oneonta will receive $90,000 to enhance its advisement capabilities, including the acquisition and implementation of Early Alert Software.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute will receive $450,000 as the lead campus working with Mohawk Valley Community College and SUNY Morrisville to establish a High Impact Learning and Teaching Hub that will advance applied learning opportunities for students.

Mohawk Valley Community College will receive $370,000 to develop a Career and Transfer Student Transition Lab and add a Student Transition Specialist to its Career and Transfer Team. The college will work in collaboration with SUNY Delhi, Empire State College, SUNY Morrisville, SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Poly.

New York City

Downstate Medical Center and Upstate Medical Center will receive $1.3 million in EIP funds to staff a combined genomic medicine program. Collaborating SUNY campuses may include University at Albany, University at Buffalo, SUNY Cortland, SUNY Oswego, and Stony Brook University.

Downstate Medical Center and Nassau Community College will receive $375,000 to create a joint Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Fashion Institute of Technology will receive $93,250 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

SUNY Maritime College will receive $750,000 to expand tutoring services and add a writing center to the Academic Success Center (ASC), and to create a new innovative Sophomore Program for Academic Skills and Success (Sophomore PASS) program for at-risk students in the summer between freshman and sophomore year.

SUNY Maritime College will receive $55,500 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

North Country

SUNY Adirondack will receive a total of $1.8 million for three projects, including the creation of a Center for Student Success; the launch of Adirondack Completes, an expansion of existing completion initiatives to include a Finish In 2 on-time completion program and the Degree Works program planning tool; and the development of Adirondack Experience, a web-based tool to help students plan and monitor their entire college experience – from application to graduation. Best practices from this initiative will be shared in scale to all institutions, SUNY Adirondack will take the lead in the North Country region.

SUNY Adirondack will receive $144,000 for first year costs to implement a new Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

Clinton Community College will receive $470,180 to launch the Clinton Community College Pathway initiative, which will support degree planning for students by building bridges between area public high schools and SUNY colleges in the North Country region.

SUNY Plattsburgh will receive $1 million as the lead campus for SUNY Smart Track Re-Enroll to Complete,a collaborative project involving 29 SUNY campuses that will promote SUNY's completion agenda by encouraging withdrawn SUNY students to return and finish their degree.

SUNY Plattsburgh will receive $250,000 to lead Common Problem Pedagogy (CP2): Advancing SUNY Excels (SUNY’s all-campus performance system wherein each institution strives for continuous improvement in the areas of Access, Completion, Success, Inquiry & Engagement), a four-campus collaborative to establish a new, innovative pedagogy to increase student retention through academic engagement, cross-disciplinary work, and increased community and civic engagement on participating campuses. In addition to campuses in the North Country region, collaborating campuses will include SUNY Cortland, SUNY Oneonta, and SUNY Oswego.

SUNY Plattsburgh will receive $375,000 to establish a model for collaborative partnerships between SUNY colleges and community based organizations to leverage their unique expertise and knowledge to increase student access and completion.

SUNY Potsdam will receive $750,000 to establish SUNY’s first Center for Applied Learning, which will expand the research, development, testing and implementation of applied learning in collaboration with colleges and universities throughout SUNY.

SUNY Potsdam will receive $368,000 for the enhancement of online degree program offerings in order to increase degree and certificate enrollment and completions. It is the expectation that these will become Open SUNY+ programs and that enhancing the online offerings will allow easier access to certificates and highly specialized degree programs to traditional and non-traditional student populations.

SUNY Canton will receive $575,000 to expand access to Jump Start, a summer boot-camp style program that provides remedial opportunities for students.

SUNY Canton and Jefferson Community College will receive $500,000 to expand evidence-based interventions that support retention and completion among Veteran students.

Jefferson Community College will receive $116,000 for first year costs to implement a new Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

Southern Tier

Binghamton University will receive $250,000 in EIP funds, in addition to a previously announced award of $350,000, for the appointment of a leading faculty researcher in a STEM field to support the Freshman Research Immersion courses and Summer Research Immersion programs offered to SUNY Broome Community College students.

Binghamton University and SUNY Broome Community College will receive $350,000 to increase diversity among STEM graduates by providing intensive research experience to undergraduate students from non-traditional pathways, such as first-generation students and community college transfers.

Binghamton University and SUNY Broome Community College will receive $360,000 to provide college access and support services to help local residents and current students finish their degree.

SUNY Broome Community College will receive $37,500 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

The SUNY College of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University will receive $500,000 in EIP funds to recruit the next generation of leading scholars in the field of labor economics.

SUNY Delhi will receive $525,000 to create a program that will provide immediate, centralized, and structured advisement throughout the college careers of at-risk students.

The University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University will receive $1 million ($250,000 each) to build common student learning outcomes and assessments to increase completion in high demand/high impact gateway undergraduate courses.

Western New York

Alfred Ceramics will receive $350,000 in EIP funds to support start-up costs for a new EIP Scholar in the Inamori School of Engineering.

SUNY Buffalo State College will receive $407,000 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

SUNY Buffalo State College will receive $250,000 for the establishment of a Virtual Concierge that will provide students with answers to frequently asked questions, virtual video access to live support staff, redirection/ forwarding to connect students with remotely located services, and a ticketing system with reference numbers for tracking each inquiry to ensure there is resolution for the student.

The University at Buffalo will receive $1.3 million in EIP funds to hire three senior faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Engineering; and $1.3 million in EIP funds to hire six senior faculty members in the recently established Research and Education in Energy, Environment, and Water (RENEWE) Institute.

The University at Buffalo will receive $1.75 million to develop innovative skills-based, experiential, and interdisciplinary Advanced Certificate and Masters degree programs that complement the degrees and skills acquired in Arts and Humanities study and provide students with pathways to employment.

The University at Buffalo will receive $207,000 to expand/enhance their existing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.

The University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University will receive $1 million ($250,000 each) to build common student learning outcomes and assessments to increase completion in high demand/high impact gateway undergraduate courses.

SUNY Fredonia will receive $420,000 to lead a five-campus partnership to analyze course offerings, course capacity, and space utilization. Partnering campuses are College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Dutchess Community College, SUNY Oneonta, and Schenectady Community College.

Niagara Community Collegewill receive $129,500 for first year costs to implement a new Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) program.